Jimmy Vivino


Jimmy Vivino is an American guitarist, keyboard player, singer, producer, and music director. He is best known as the leader of Jimmy Vivino and the [Basic Cable Band], the house band for the TBS late night program Conan. He was also a member of the Tonight Show Band, the house band on The [Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien] and its predecessor, Conan O'Brien">Conan (talk show)">Conan O'Brien on NBC. Vivino has also played with many rock bands, including being a member of Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux. He is the younger brother of TV and stage performer "Uncle" Floyd Vivino and Basic Cable Band bandmate Jerry Vivino.
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Biography

Born in Paterson, New Jersey, on January 10, 1955, Vivino grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey. He attended Glen Rock High School where he played Tevye in a production of Fiddler on the Roof. He had an interest in music from a young age. He began working in New York clubs in the early 1980s and in 1984 was musical director of the play Leader of the Pack. Later he led "Jimmy Vivino and the Black Italians" and worked with Al Kooper. Kooper considered Vivino to be one of his "discoveries" and had him as musical director for fifteen years.
Vivino served as the music director on the TBS late-night program Conan. Vivino was a consistent element in O'Brien's late night career, starting with the first episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien in September 1993. In June 2008, Vivino moved from New York to Los Angeles and worked as music director/guitarist/arranger on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour, and until 2018, lead Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band on Conan.
Vivino divides his time between recording sessions and live gigs throughout the country. In addition to his solo work, Vivino plays with the successful Beatles tribute band The Fab Faux. Vivino has also recorded and played live with such legends as Johnnie Johnson, Hubert Sumlin, Levon Helm, and Al Kooper. Earlier in his career, Vivino got his start producing, playing, and arranging for such artists as Phoebe Snow, Laura Nyro, John Sebastian, and Donald Fagen.
Since 2019, Vivino is also a current member of the long-running blues band Canned Heat.

Partial discography

Gonna B 2 of Those Days 13 Live Novemberin' – Shuggie Otis Live at Lucille's – Michael Packer Blues Band Live at Sweet Rhythm – Michael Packer Blues Band Mule-A-Go-Go – Govt. Mule Alone Together – Mike Merritt Steaks & Chops: Live at Great Jones, Volume 1 Blues in the Blood – Big Bill Morganfield Best of M.C. Records 1996–2002 Remedy Different Shade of Red: The Woodstock Sessions – Louisiana Red Crazy Kind of Life – Bill Perry Respond, Volume II Live at Manny's Car Wash – Rhett Tyler Rare & Well Done: The Greatest and the Most Obscure Recordings – Al Kooper No Small Wonder – Liz Quelar Fire It Up – Bill Perry Do What, Now? Chitlins Parmigiana – The Vivino Brothers Laura: Live at the Bottom Line – Laura Nyro

Filmography

Crew

The Green Room with Jimmy Vivino Messengers Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special Television The First Wives Club Stuart Saves His Family Boys on the Side Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit Late Night with Conan O'Brien TV series Sister Act Legendary Ladies of Rock & Roll Television

Composer

  • ''50 Years of NBC Late Night''

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